This exciting new installment is all about the Metamora Country Days and Hot Air Balloon Festival! It was a last minute type of adventure, not a lot of planning went into it. We arrived in the area around 4PM. Metamora was pretty backed up with traffic and things really were not very well directed as to where the activities were. Parking was available along the side of the roads as well as a large hilly farm field. Traffic was being directed in the field. The balloon launch festivities were scheduled to take place between 5PM-8PM. There was an ice cream social going on in the balloon launch field, we checked that out - $2 for a decent size sundae (Chocolate or Strawberry). There were also helicopter rides ($35), tractor pulls, a kids play area, a craft show and a beer tent in the area around the balloon launch field.
It was really awesome to see the balloons set up and take off! It is definitely worth checking out. The balloons started to launch around 7PM. We left after all of the balloons took off. Getting out of the parking lot took a little while, which I found kind of weird since there were fireworks scheduled for dusk.
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